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We stayed for 2 nights after moving from bungalows just up the road. We wished we had stayed at Mama Leurth for our entire time in Don Det. The rooms are a good price, clean, spacious and good air con. Also, lots of room to put your stuff if you are backpacking. The staff were very nice and helpful. Highly recommended

We rented a floating room with a terrace on the Mekong, which could have been simply sumptuous. The problem is that the owner takes no care of his establishment and is content to maximise his current monopoly position on the island. Indeed, the hotel is the only establishment currently (July 2022) open for the whole of Khone Island and Det Island (the 2 islands communicate via the French Bridge) and also has the only restaurant open on both islands. The bathroom is not clean (like the rest of the hotel), one bed smells of urine and the springs of the other one are coming out, the arrival to the room by a small bridge is simply littered with plastic bottles that the owner does not even bother to fish out. The service in the restaurant is very slow (45 minutes waiting time for each of the 3 meals we had there per day as there is no other restaurant open on the two islands), the portions served are very small and some dishes are downright bad, the best ones not exceeding the ”ordinary” note. The restaurant is lit with white neon lights, the tablecloths are dirty, and the owner just shakes the dirt on the floor. For a so-called sunset inter-island tour (the pilot told us at 17.30 that the sun was hidden behind clouds, while sunset was at 18.30 and the inter-island ride was limited to a standard super slow crossing to the port from where we had left to reach the hotel on the day of our arrival) he charged us 360000 Laks, which is exorbitant. The bikes he rents have no brakes, no bell and have badly inflated tyres. I'll stop the list of my complaints here, but for every other service, we got a terrible price-quality ratio. We are all the more sorry to give this opinion as the place could be superb with a minimum of involvement from the owner, as well as respect for his customers.

We have just stayed 2 night 28 & 29 August 2023. This place is showing great signs of shrugging off the COVID hangover. They are building a number of new units as well as having very well maintained and kept units. The location is fantastic been located beside the French Bridge which is the crossroads of the two main islands in the 4000 islands. The staff are extremely friendly and helpful nothing is to much trouble for them. Their pool is cool, sparkling clean and very well maintained. The breakfast is very filling an able to cater for almost any taste. The staff speak great English and their children are friendly and entertaining. I would highly recommend this accommodation to all ages for young and energetic to your age of senior and very active.